Tuesday 19 March 2013
Samsung
Galaxy Stellar offers first intelligent access to Verizon 4G LTE users
network, and it is free with a new two-year contract. Is this too good to be true?
Not that you earn just by looking. The exterior is almost stock Samsung all the way. The outer sole is black plastic / shiny, but not too inclined to take fingerprints. Overall, its design is very basic and little in harmony with its target market. He has not a lot of bells and whistles, but then he can not afford it. What it does is decent quality materials and a nice rounded shape that has been well tested with other Samsung devices.
Instead, Samsung chose a 4-inch, 800 x 480 conventional LCD. It is not unpleasant to look at a screen, all things considered, it is crisp and the quality is good. But it is still limited by the technology, which is not new to the ankle AMOLED displays contrast and color.
There is a flap on the side of the unit covering the microSD card slot (which is empty when you take the phone out of the box), and the SIM card is located next to the battery under the rear cover.
Samsung Galaxy Stellar The Stellar increases the processor along at a comfortable pace. After four run-through of the Quadrant benchmark, the Stellar scored an average of 4073. Considering that anything over 2000 usually feels fast enough, and more than 3,000 blazes, it is certainly more than respectable. Regarding the platform, the smartphone runs on a customized version of Android 4.0.4 Samsung, with the "TouchWiz" interface customized it. I think I liked the older versions of TouchWiz a little better - it has become more complex over the years, which eliminates some of the simplicity that is so appealing from the beginning to be able to turn wireless or GPS or disabled from the notification panel.
Unfortunately, Verizon has outdone itself with the Stellar in terms of quantity software unnecessary paperwork they could shovel in this unit. Although presented as having 4GB of storage right out of the box, you will see that is listed as 2.15GB in use by "various files." That just leaves 1.7 GB for the user - and Verizon has done nothing to preserve this space. Larder unit with the demo versions of bulky a couple of games, an application for an online shopping mall which amounts to little more than an advertisement unremoveable, multiple applications, you can easily download from Google if you want to play, "Amex Serve" which is essentially an advertisement for online payments, and of course, you are not allowed to uninstall one of them. Ever.
And, naturally, it comes with Android Apps for regular e-mail, web browsing, time management, and to keep friends and business contracts.
In fact, it would be pretty cool if there were fewer of them, so pre-loaded (and permanently non-removable) applications, it is not exactly a ton of space left to the user choose what they really want to install. Especially when you consider that none of these applications really add any value: they are all free and easy to install from the Android app store if you want to use.
There is no better video, being unable to even do something as basic as recording in widescreen format. The maximum video size is 640 x 480 - not the pixels of a ton more could help you with these lenses too poor, but they could at least have enabled DVD 720 x 480 resolution, so that should be widescreen. Overall, the camera is a return to Stellar cameras smartphones in recent years, before the quality has become important at all.
Samsung Galaxy Stellar But frankly, a small investment will net you a device much better. With online retailers now offer options like the Motorola Droid RAZR available from M $ 50, and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from $ 60, I have trouble seeing that I could recommend to Stellar.
It is a decent starting device, but the user grows more serious in use, it will begin to feel more and more limited. And at the end of a two-year contract, it will be an antique.
Build and Design
On the face of it, the Galaxy Stellar could be any of dozens of variants and derivatives Galaxy S, Samsung has probably produced more units knockoff models of the original Galaxy S Galaxy S him they itself. Most of them share the same basic shape (which is certainly Stellar) and the same characteristics, or close enough. When it comes to specifications however, the Galaxy Stellar has been renovated a bit more than the average, earn things and lose others.
Not that you earn just by looking. The exterior is almost stock Samsung all the way. The outer sole is black plastic / shiny, but not too inclined to take fingerprints. Overall, its design is very basic and little in harmony with its target market. He has not a lot of bells and whistles, but then he can not afford it. What it does is decent quality materials and a nice rounded shape that has been well tested with other Samsung devices.
Samsung Galaxy Stellar Screen
Strangely, despite a nearly stock Samsung design and size of the screen, do not use the stellar Super AMOLED screen that has fulfilled almost all of their other models of similar design. I do not know why, because it is not as if Samsung has not gone down range with AMOLED screen before, but perhaps in this case, the star is just a little bit too low.
Instead, Samsung chose a 4-inch, 800 x 480 conventional LCD. It is not unpleasant to look at a screen, all things considered, it is crisp and the quality is good. But it is still limited by the technology, which is not new to the ankle AMOLED displays contrast and color.
Other buttons and ports
Instead of going with the navigation buttons on the screen that are supported by Android 4.0, sports a set of buttons Stellar conventional screen-printed on the bottom of the touch screen. I like this, because it means that you do not take place on the screen, plus it gives you a dedicated "settings" at any time.
There is a flap on the side of the unit covering the microSD card slot (which is empty when you take the phone out of the box), and the SIM card is located next to the battery under the rear cover.
Performance
Some people describe the Samsung Galaxy Stellar as "mid-range", but that seems to be based solely on having a dual-core processor and 4G LTE, which features almost all new devices have. In fact, once you get past the 1.2 GHz processor, the Stellar is firmly entry level. It is rated to 4 GB of storage, but out of the box, only 1.7 GB available to the user. It also makes do with a camera of 3.2 megapixel main (no flash). Some datasheets online to identify it as coming with a 2GB microSD card, but it does not.
Samsung Galaxy Stellar The Stellar increases the processor along at a comfortable pace. After four run-through of the Quadrant benchmark, the Stellar scored an average of 4073. Considering that anything over 2000 usually feels fast enough, and more than 3,000 blazes, it is certainly more than respectable. Regarding the platform, the smartphone runs on a customized version of Android 4.0.4 Samsung, with the "TouchWiz" interface customized it. I think I liked the older versions of TouchWiz a little better - it has become more complex over the years, which eliminates some of the simplicity that is so appealing from the beginning to be able to turn wireless or GPS or disabled from the notification panel.
Unfortunately, Verizon has outdone itself with the Stellar in terms of quantity software unnecessary paperwork they could shovel in this unit. Although presented as having 4GB of storage right out of the box, you will see that is listed as 2.15GB in use by "various files." That just leaves 1.7 GB for the user - and Verizon has done nothing to preserve this space. Larder unit with the demo versions of bulky a couple of games, an application for an online shopping mall which amounts to little more than an advertisement unremoveable, multiple applications, you can easily download from Google if you want to play, "Amex Serve" which is essentially an advertisement for online payments, and of course, you are not allowed to uninstall one of them. Ever.
Communication
Apart from Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, other means of communication is Stellar Verizon 4G LTE network. The US's largest LTE network in a little, Verizon is definitely the only game in town if you really want to stream movies or TV on the road. Just look at what consumption data as 4 to 12 megabits LTE speeds, you can burn through a gigabyte in 12 minutes.
Samsung Galaxy Stellar Productivity
Despite how Stellar's cheap, it was nice to see they did not skimp on QuickOffice Pro including, so you will not have to pay extra money if you want create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
And, naturally, it comes with Android Apps for regular e-mail, web browsing, time management, and to keep friends and business contracts.
Entertainment
The Stellar is loaded to the brim with activities related applications: Google own applications for music, movies and books, the Samsung "Media Hub" of the media store, the Amazon Kindle and Amazon MP3 store, more audible audiobooks and game demos couple mentioned above.
In fact, it would be pretty cool if there were fewer of them, so pre-loaded (and permanently non-removable) applications, it is not exactly a ton of space left to the user choose what they really want to install. Especially when you consider that none of these applications really add any value: they are all free and easy to install from the Android app store if you want to use.
Camera
Samsung Galaxy Stellar Stellar on The camera is pretty solidly disappointing. 3.2 MP resolution could be much, if it had decent optics, but it does not work. Pictures are blurred. It has terrible low light performance that is typical of cameras cheap smartphone, but it does not have an LED flash to help offset this, then you might as well write off to take pictures in the light marginal. And "marginal", I mean "nothing less than daylight."
There is no better video, being unable to even do something as basic as recording in widescreen format. The maximum video size is 640 x 480 - not the pixels of a ton more could help you with these lenses too poor, but they could at least have enabled DVD 720 x 480 resolution, so that should be widescreen. Overall, the camera is a return to Stellar cameras smartphones in recent years, before the quality has become important at all.
Battery
A 2100 mAh battery the Galaxy Stellar is a little larger than the average from 1700 to 1800 mAh on most phones LTE. This gives him a good enough autonomy despite a fast processor. I would say a day and a half to two days of average use is certainly possible, depending on conditions. Maybe a little less in 4G areas.
Conclusion
The Galaxy Stellar is not a bad phone, but it is not a great either. This is almost exactly what it looks like: a very low-end phone designed to be immune to a new contract. It has good performance and a decent if unremarkable screen. So it might suit some people well.Samsung Galaxy Stellar But frankly, a small investment will net you a device much better. With online retailers now offer options like the Motorola Droid RAZR available from M $ 50, and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from $ 60, I have trouble seeing that I could recommend to Stellar.
It is a decent starting device, but the user grows more serious in use, it will begin to feel more and more limited. And at the end of a two-year contract, it will be an antique.
